Media Toolkit
The Basser Center for BRCA at Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center is the global leader for the research, treatment, and prevention of BRCA-related cancers. Devoted to advancing care for people affected by BRCA gene mutations, the Basser Center’s unique model provides funding for collaborative research, education, and outreach programs around the world.
If you are a member of a news or media organization and would like more information, please contact our media relations director, Katie Delach:
katie.delach@uphs.upenn.edu
215.349.5964
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General Background Information
About BRCA
BRCA1 and BRCA2 in the Jewish Community
BRCA1 and BRCA2 in Men
Leadership Biographies
Susan Domchek, MD, Executive Director
Ronny Drapkin, MD, PhD, Director of Gynecologic Cancer Research
Roger Greenberg, MD, PhD, Director of Basic Science
Kate Nathanson, MD, Director of Genetics
Beth Stearman, MPH, Administrative Director
Basser Leadership Council
Basser Photos & Logos
Basser Center in the News
- "Blackstone COO Jonathan Gray On Giving To Education, Cancer Research" (Forbes)
- "Evening of Storytelling Speaks to Future of Cancer Research" (Cure)
- "When Is It Time To Get Preventative Surgeries To Avoid Cancer?" (91.5 KJZZ)
- "With CRISPR, Scientists Engineered Nearly 4,000 Mutations of a Breast-Cancer Gene" (The Atlantic)
- "How Men Can Be Affected by the BRCA Gene, Too" (New York Post)
- "The club where no one has cancer — yet" (The Lily)
- (Jewish Exponent)
- "Pilot Program Offers Free Genetic Testing for Ashkenazi Jews to Detect Cancer Risk" (Cleveland Jewish News)
- "Rucaparib Induces Response in BRCA-Mutated Pancreatic Cancer" (Healio)
- "At-Home Genetic Testing May Be Convenient, but it Isn't Complete" (STAT)
- "The Role of Biomarkers in Patients with Breast Cancer" (Targeted Oncology)
- "When it comes to home cancer tests, think before you spit" (USA Today)
- "F.D.A. Approves First Home Testing for 3 Breast Cancer Mutations, With Caveats" (New York Times)
- "Many Women Mistake Common Symptom of Ovarian Cancer for Indigestion" (Healthline)
- "Relearning How to Date After My Double Mastectomy" (New York Magazine)
- "BRCA Breast Cancer Patients Finally Have a Non-Chemotherapy Treatment Option" (Genome)
- "I’m Young, Single And Dating After A Preventative Double Mastectomy" (Huffington Post)
- "Individual Knowledge Is Power in Addressing BRCA Gene Mutations" (Cure)
- "Breast cancer caused by genetic mutation gets first approved treatment" (Philadelphia Inquirer)